Long Valley vs Rainbow Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Long Valley and Rainbow Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Long Valley and Rainbow Lakes are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Long Valley has the higher population (2,107 vs 1,376 in Rainbow Lakes). Rainbow Lakes has the higher median household income ($109,083 vs $106,528 in Long Valley). Rainbow Lakes has the higher median home value ($531,700 vs $452,400 in Long Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Long Valley	Rainbow Lakes
Population	2,107	1,376
Median age	49.4 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$106,528	$109,083
Median home value	$452,400	$531,700
Median gross rent	$1,717	$2,079
Housing units	883	534
Homeownership rate	84.1%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Valley	Rainbow Lakes
Population	2,201 → 2,107 (-4.3%)	1,276 → 1,376 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$104,722 → $106,528 (+1.7%)	$110,781 → $109,083 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$394,200 → $452,400 (+14.8%)	$430,400 → $531,700 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,979 → $1,717 (-13.2%)	$1,878 → $2,079 (+10.7%)

Long Valley

Population

2,2012,107

Median household income

$104,722$106,528

Median home value

$394,200$452,400

Median gross rent

$1,979$1,717

Rainbow Lakes

Population

1,2761,376

Median household income

$110,781$109,083

Median home value

$430,400$531,700

Median gross rent

$1,878$2,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Valley	Rainbow Lakes
Under 5	6.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	19.8%
35 to 44	5.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	19.3%
55 to 64	18.6%	9.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	1.2%
75 and over	8.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Valley	Rainbow Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	23.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Valley	Rainbow Lakes
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	13.9%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	41.1%
Graduate or professional degree	31.6%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Valley	Rainbow Lakes
Drove alone	77.4%	69.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	9.0%
Public transit	4.7%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Valley	Rainbow Lakes
1-unit, detached	82.9%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Valley	Rainbow Lakes
Poverty rate	7.4%	3.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	46	23
Median year structure built	1969	1964